school: just 3 men

[shaft]

i am on my work laptop.... 8(

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[ercnerd]

. . . How are you feeling now? Are you yourself?

[shaft]

[ stares at sakyou, waiting for an answer ]

[modissty]

[He looks a little troubled, but after a pause, he nods.]

I feel the same as ever. Though I do still remember... that "life" I had.

[ercnerd]

Could you tell us more about it?

[shaft]

Specifically, do you recall and names or faces? I wonder if our culprit might've implanted himself into your memories.

[modissty]

...From what I recall, I was - a member of a terrorist organization. Their motive was to get revenge on the people who stole precious things from them, so that those people couldn't do harm to anyone else in the future.

[He became a member of Adonis help. Anyway, with a slow shake of his head:]

I don't recall any names or faces, no... But the man in the cloak feels a bit familiar. It's possible that the me of that place knew that person.

[ercnerd]

Is that why we were called sympathizers at the beginning? But I don't see how confronting illusions of those we know would have anything to do with a terrorist organization.

[shaft]

If the terrorist organization was about revenge for things that were stolen—that seems to fit the bill for what we were tasked to do. They probably wanted to test how far we would go.

What I want to know is what all this has to do with the school. Are they planning to attack Wiwaldi?

[modissty]

It's possible, yes. Though I don't understand the connection between the two either...

[His brow furrows, like he's trying to remember something, or straining to concentrate. He glances toward his sword and frowns.]

--I don't believe they are, though. Their operations were based in that place we were at.

[ercnerd]

Then that place was just a stage for our test.

[He sighs.]

Are you going to be all right, Sakyou? If you start experiencing problems with your memories, talk to someone right away.

[shaft]

Given how easily they can tamper with our minds and wills, I'd say we need to be careful.

[ alien... ]

By the way, those documents you two received. Can I see them?

[modissty]

It seems so, yes. [That it was a stage... Their TEST.] --And I will, if anything changes. For now, I'm fine.

[REPRESSION OLYMPICS!! Alien repression...]

Taking care is certainly important, though. I should like to warn the others of what they may be up against if this happens to them, too.

[While talking, he'll fish his paper out to hand to Claude, though!]

[ercnerd]

Good idea. I have a feeling something like this will happen again.

[Sieghart, too, fishes out the folded map piece and proffers it to Claude.]

Mine's the piece of a map.

[shaft]

[ He takes a look at both, thoughtful. ]

What do you two think about these?

[modissty]

[Pursing his lips...]

Aside from the fact that someone not the bear is clearly keeping an eye on us, which we had already mostly guessed? I'm not certain. Perhaps we should bring this one to Chad...

[ercnerd]

I agree.

He probably already knows about it, anyway. Touching bases wouldn't hurt to make more sense of these papers' significance.

[shaft]

Maybe we should ask him if this school has any known enemies—though it sounds ridiculous.

Why would anyone target a school?

[modissty]

To be fair, this is far from a normal school...

But I'll speak to him about it soon, then.

[He says with a sigh because he honestly doesn't think Chad likes him which is absolutely fair. God bless.]

[ercnerd]

Hm? What's with that sigh? . . . Could it be that you're feeling shy?

[shaft]

Got a crush on Chad, Sakyou? That's an interesting type to have.

[modissty]

[IF LOOKS COULD KILL HE'D BE MURDERIN BOTH OF YALL RIGHT NOW.]

He's a very reticent person, that's all. It's not easy to speak with him.

[ercnerd]

[Try him.]

That just means he'll answer direct questions more readily.

[shaft]

If he knows, he'll answer.

[ ... He pulls out the heart vial. ]

By the way, what do you think this does?

[modissty]

[He'll fight god he'll fight immortals too.

He looks at the heart vial with a furrowed brow, though. THEIR LOVE ARROWS.]

I don't have any sort of clue. If I used to know its use back in that other "life", I no longer recall it now...

[ercnerd]

The other vials had a cat and a jewel on them. I don't see the connection.